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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the name of the black civil rights leader in Chapter 33 that gives McCall a hard time?
2. During dinner with program fellows, McCall shares what information with them and they all part closer than they were before?
3. Upon a trip to visit the kids in what city, is McCall is arrested for non payment of child support?
4. In Chapter 42, McCall works where?
5. After McCall is challenged by someone in Chapter 40, what does he do?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does McCall proceed with the advice he got from Milton regarding his prison record during the Washington Post interview?
2. What happens when McCall deals with the question of whether to abort his own child and an assignment in Chapter 31?
3. Why doesn't McCall trust anyone at the Virginia Pilot-Ledger Star where he works?
4. What does McCall like about Islam according to Chapter 26?
5. Why do friends and family have to help McCall when he goes to visit his kids in Atlanta, in Chapter 42?
6. What happens with the divorce from Debbie in Chapter 41?
7. What does McCall say about drugs and the young black man in Chapter 40?
8. How does Debbie's mom respond to the African name chosen for their first son and why does McCall insist on the African name?
9. Why does McCall feel like a slave on an auction block in Chapter 27?
10. Why do Debbie and McCall work on staying married?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In Part II of the book, how does McCall's incarceration and the people he meets while incarcerated affect his thinking and perceptions? Use specific examples and explain why chose those examples.
Essay Topic 2
Explain McCall's conflict about deciding whether to join a gang while in prison or walk away (Part II of book, Chapter 17-23). Also discuss how this conflict illustrates McCall's growing maturity.
Essay Topic 3
How does Stanley's visit and the resulting scenes and events in McCall's life facilitate McCall's decision to leave behind drug use from this point forward? How does this turning point reflect other changes that occurred in McCall's life during this time as well (family, career)?
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